Chloe Burdette Editor in Chief As someone who struggles with generalized anxiety, living through this rollercoaster of a pandemic hasn’t been easy on my mind. Don’t get me wrong — I am so incredibly grateful that most of my friends and family have managed …
Viewpoints
The Viewpoints page features the opinions of the campus community. Viewpoints articles should be 350-700 words and be about any opinion, funny or serious, about campus or the world around us. Letters to the Editor, which also are on our page, should be no more than 150 words, usually responding to articles either in Viewpoints or elsewhere in the paper.
Those who wish to submit a Viewpoint can do so by emailing zperrier25@wooster.edu and lpatton26@wooster.edu.
To decolonize, we must stop policing language
Saeed Husain Viewpoints Editor I write to inform you today that the ways with which you communicate are individualized to you, and have been ascribed by the culture(s) that you grew up with and live in today. The way I write relies on the …
The Wooster Voice engages in verbal profiteering
Z. Iris Filippi Contributing Writer Last week, I wrote to the Wooster Voice illuminating many of the hardships that befall queer students on the margins of campus, or those whose interest to which it may not be to seek help through the recommended channels. …
Lowry needs to spice up the menu
Makeda Teklemichael Contributing Writer In middle school I learned about how some words are not read the same way they’re spelled. Some of the letters are seen as silent letters, like the word “sign” where the ‘g’ is silent. That is kind of how …
Queer students need support
Iris Filippi Contributing Writer For all that is done to accommodate students of diverse gender and sexuality backgrounds at Wooster, and a great deal is done, it is broadly and consistently held that many queer students have yet to feel at home; whether …
Cannabis should be legalized
Sosi Hailu Contributing Writer When one thinks of cannabis there are many things that come to mind before stumbling across the word “nature.” Some of the words and phrases that might come to mind are “gateway drug,” “stoners,” “makes people lazy,” or just plain …